wheel around

se retourner brusquement, faire volte-face

Se tourner rapidement pour faire face à une autre direction.

En anglais simple : To turn quickly to face another direction.

• He wheeled around at the noise.
• The horse wheeled around and ran back.
• She wheels around whenever someone calls her name.

Comment l'utiliser : wheel around to do something (She wheeled around to face him.)

Synonymes : spin around, turn around

Expressions courantes : wheel around suddenly, wheel around to look

promener sur des roues

Déplacer quelqu’un ou quelque chose à l’aide d’une chaise, d’un chariot ou d’un autre équipement à roues.

En anglais simple : To move someone or something between places using a chair, cart, or other equipment with wheels.

• I wheeled the cart around.
• She wheeled her father around the garden.
• Can you wheel these supplies around to the kitchen?

Comment l'utiliser : wheel someone/something around somewhere (The nurse wheeled him around the hospital.)

Synonymes : push around, transport

Expressions courantes : wheel around something, wheel around someone

retourner brusquement, faire pivoter

Faire tourner rapidement quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans une autre direction.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something turn quickly to face another direction.

• She wheeled the chair around.
• He wheeled his horse around to face the gate.
• Can you wheel the cart around in this narrow space?

Comment l'utiliser : wheel something around (He wheeled his horse around and rode away.)

Synonymes : turn around, spin around

Expressions courantes : wheel around something, wheel around a horse

faire un demi-tour en couple

En danse, tourner ensemble d’un demi-tour en se tenant les mains, la personne à gauche reculant et celle à droite avançant.

En anglais simple : In dancing, to turn halfway around together, holding hands, with the left dancer moving backward and the right forward.

• The couple wheeled around together.
• Hold hands and wheel around when the caller tells you.
• We practiced wheeling around, with me moving backward and my partner forward.

Expressions courantes : wheel around together, wheel around with someone